Preventive health services and access to care for male veterans compared with their spouses

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 499-503

  Jain, Sharad ^a,b   Avins, Andrew L ^a   Mendelson, Terrie ^a  

^a VA Medical Center ^*

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; SPOUSE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAN FRANCISCO; SPOUSES; VETERANS;

EID: 0031815030     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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